Articles by Human Rights Network for Journalists – Uganda (HRNJ-Uganda)
Over 150 groups urge President Obama to protect whistleblowers and journalists
Over 150 IFEX members and partners of ARTICLE 19 appealed to US President Obama to drop charges against whistleblower Edward Snowden, update the Whistleblower Protection Act and pass a media shield law.
South Sudan releases Ugandan journalists after five days in detention
The South Sudan government has released two Ugandan journalists, Justin Dralaze and Hilary Ayesiga, arrested on 27 July 2013. They were not charged, however their recorded materials were deleted.
Five Ugandan journalists survive mob attack
On 29 July 2013, five journalists survived a mob attack when a woman who claimed she was possessed by spirits turned against them and ordered her followers to attack them as they covered a story of reported cult worship.
Ugandan journalists detained in South Sudan
Justin Dralaze, a reporter for Reuters, and Hilary Ayesiga, a journalist with NTV Uganda, were reportedly arrested on 27 July as they filmed near government offices and security facilities in Juba.
Uganda deports U.S. journalist over political opposition coverage
Journalist Taylor Krauss was arrested on 23 July in Kampala as he filmed a police operation where they tear-gassed crowds and towed a car carrying the former Forum for Democratic Change leader, Dr Kizza Besigye.
35 IFEX members call for amendments to Somalia’s draft media law
IFEX members issued a joint call for amendments to a deeply-flawed draft media law in Somalia before it goes to parliament for approval in August.
Taxi driver arrested in connection with murder of Ugandan journalist
The Ugandan police is holding a commuter taxi driver in connection with the dreadful murder of Vision Group journalist Pere Thomas a fortnight ago.
Ugandan crime reporter fears for his life after attempted break-in
Tom Malaba, a journalist for the Uganda Radio Network, says that unidentified men have been trailing him for the last two weeks from his workplace to his home. On 30 June 2013, two unidentified men managed to enter his compound and tried to enter his house.